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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR 



At the Island of Cebu, on September 7, i8g^, departed this life 



Cbarlee Xee dollins 



Captain in the Twenty-third Regitnent of Infantry, Utiited States Army. 

Captain Collins was graduated from the United States Military 
Academy at West Poi?it, in 1882, and commissioned a Second Lieutenant 
of infantry, from which time up to his death he was in active service on 
the frontier and ifi staff details. 

In the zvititer of i8g8, while First Lieutenant and Adjuta7it of the 
Eleventh Infantry, he was ordered to Caracas, Venezuela, as Military 
Attache of the United States Legation. He remained at this place over 
a year, discharging the duties of this position in a manner so satisfac- 






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tory to the government of Venezuela that he was decorated with the 
famous " Order of the Liberator'''' {Busto de Bolivar^. 

In fuly, i8gg, he sailed from San Francisco upon the U. S. 
transport ' Ohio " in command of recruits for the Philippine Islands, 
a?id very soon after reaching Cebu, he died fro7n the effects of a surgical 
operation. 

Captain Collins was one of the incorporators and the first Secre- 
tary of the California Society of Sons of the Revolution, and he was 
elected to tnembership in this Society on November 4, 1S97. In right of 
his father he was a companion of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion, and by representation, a member of the Pennsylvania Society of 
the War of r8j2. 

He leaves a widow, Emma Byrd Beach Collins, but no children. 

The San Francisco Chapter is requested to represejit this Society, 
and to extend all possible assistance to those haviiig charge of the remains 
upon their arrival at San Francisco. 

HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS, 

Governor, 

Los Angeles, 

September 18, i8gg. 




SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS. 

IN THE 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 



OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. 



Again has devolved upon me the sorrowful task of 
communicating to you intelligence of the death of one who 
held so strong a place in our affections. 



lElisba Milliani^mclkinstv^ 

departed this life, aged seventy-six years, on Friday, Nov- 
ember first, (901, at San Jose, California. 

Since his election to this Society, Judge McKinstry 
has been a gentleman of the G)uncil, and he was the first 
President of the San Francisco Chapter. 

I have requested the Chapter to attend at the obsequies 
as a testimonial of our regard for his memory and sympathy 
for his family. 




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GOVERNOK. 



Los Aogeles, California, 
November 2, 1901. 



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